Jews and Magic in Medici Florence : : The Secret World of Benedetto Blanis / / Edward L. Goldberg.
In the seventeenth century, Florence was the splendid capital of the Medici Grand Dukedom of Tuscany. Meanwhile, the Jews in its tiny Ghetto struggled to earn a living by any possible means, especially loan-sharking, rag-picking and second-hand dealing. They were viewed as an uncanny people with rar...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2018] ©2011 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Toronto Italian Studies
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (366 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Illustration Credits
- Notes on Sources
- THE BLANIS FAMILY
- Chapter one. The Piazza
- Chapter two. The Palace
- Chapter three. The Ghetto
- Chapter four. The Synagogue
- Chapter five. Memory and Survival
- Chapter six. The Market
- Chapter seven. Knowledge and Power
- Chapter eight. Games of Chance
- Chapter nine. The Mirror of Truth
- Chapter ten. The Magic Circle
- Chapter eleven. Curious and Forbidden Books
- Chapter twelve. Prison
- Chapter thirteen. Habeas Corpus?
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index